Filmmaking / Directing : Promote it Myself by Andrew Gardner

So I had a pitch with an exec a couple of months ago. Even though they really liked the idea, and thought it could be successful, they turned it down because they thought it wouldn’t be as successful if it didn’t have an overseas version first. HOWEVER! I’m extremely confident that it would be an enormous success. The problem is that I have no connects to put this into action at a local level. Any ideas on how I can get sponsors to help with the production at a local level?